It had been more than 40 years since the Calbuco volcano erupted. It's blown twice this week — generating striking images and concerns over the effects of both the lava and a mammoth cloud of ash.

Pucon, Chile (AP) – One of South America's most active volcanoes continued to spew jets of smoke and ash on Sunday in southern Chile. Local media showed images of the Villarrica volcano spewing ...

On May 2, 2008, the Chaitén volcano in Chile awoke with unexpected fury after more than 9,000 years of dormancy. The eruption blasted rocks and ash a dozen miles into the air, and then heavy ...

As everyone knows now, an Andean volcano in Chile, Chaitén, erupted this past week. We've all seen those spectacular images and The Volcanism Blog continues to deliver great update posts. So, for ...

One of South America's most active volcanoes erupted early Tuesday in southern Chile, spewing heavy smoke into the air as lava surged down its slopes, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — The Calbuco volcano erupted Wednesday for the first time in more than 42 years, billowing a huge ash cloud over a sparsely populated, mountainous area in southern Chile.

True GritSpewed by Chile's Puyehue volcano, ash blankets the Nahuel Huapi lakeshore in Bariloche, Argentina, near the Chilean border, on June 12. (See pictures: "Volcano Supercharges Sunsets Far ...

PUCON, Chile (AP) — One of South America's most active volcanoes erupted early Tuesday in southern Chile, spewing heavy smoke into the air as lava surged down its slopes, prompting authorities ...